issue #1 | text

[survivorsguilt]

[It's taken a few days for Ellie to find her way. She has an apartment, but she's not getting comfortable or even really considering it 'hers'. It's temporary. A good hideout until she moves again. She knows where to find food, but she's not going to get lazy. It feels like a good idea to stay in the practice of fending for herself as often as she can.

Figuring out the network and how to do anything with her phone had taken some practice. But now that she's got the basics down, there's something important Ellie needs to ask.]

im looking for joel. hes a big grumpy guy with good aim and a talent for pissing people off. if you see him, tell him ellie is looking for him. joel if you can see this but you cant answer me, im hanging around those weird tall pointy apartments. let me know youre okay.

[It's way easier to say that kind of thing over text, where no one can hear her voice fill with worry. She doesn't really want to consider the possibility that he's not here. That she's alone again.]

Comments

[survivorsguilt]

it's not like i've run around screaming it from rooftops, but the first person i told about my world here just said "interesting"

yeah super fucking interesting fighting for my life every day

[Is it obvious that annoyed her? It's obvious, isn't it.]

[iustitiae]

ugh people
they think that because they've dealt with shit that other people's problems dont matter

whatever theyre stupid

[survivorsguilt]

yeah it's like have some empathy and tact asshole

mm. thanks

[iustitiae]

somedays thats asking too much apparently

[survivorsguilt]

guess so